Cookies Policy

About cookies

Cookies are small text files or devices that web pages can use for the purpose to store and retrieve data while you browse.

The law states that we can store cookies on your device if they are strictly necessary for this page to function. We need your consent to store cookies on your device for all other types of cookies. This web site uses different types of cookies. Some of these cookies are provided by third-party services that appear on our web site.

Identifying the types of cookies used

Cookies are classified below by category. However, we must remember that sometimes a single cookie can fall under various categories:

  1. By the company handling said cookies:
    • Own cookies Own cookies are those sent to the user’s device from a device, or a domain managed by the publisher and from which the service requested by the user is provided.
    • Third-party cookies Third-party cookies are those sent to the user’s device from a device or domain that is not managed by the publisher, but instead by another entity that processes the data obtained through the cookies.
  2. By the time they remain active:
    • Session cookies: This type of cookie is designed to gather and store data while the user accesses and remains on a web site
    • Persistent cookies: These cookies have a maximum expiry period of 2 years from the date they are created, which means that during this time the data shall remain stored on the device and can be accessed and processed.
  3. By the purpose for which data obtained through the cookies are processed:
    • Necessary cookies: Necessary cookies help make a web site usable by enabling basic functions like page navigation and access to secure areas of the web site. The web site cannot function properly without these cookies.
    • Preference cookies: Preference cookies enable a web site to remember information that changes the way the web site behaves or looks, like your preferred language or the region that you are in.
    • Marketing cookies: Marketing cookies are used to track visitors across web sites. Their purpose is to display ads that are relevant and engaging for individual users and therefore more valuable for publishers and third-party advertisers.
    • Statistic cookies: Statistic cookies help web site owners understand how visitors interact with web sites by collecting and reporting information anonymously.
    • Unclassified cookies: Unclassified cookies are cookies that we are in the process of classifying, together with the providers of individual cookies.